Retro Football: The 1935 Umbro Kit Catalogue

The chaps over at Yank sports uniform-obssessed blog Uni Watch have stumbled across this little beaut and we thought it was definitely worth sharing with a more ‘soccer conscientious’ audience.

What you see before you is the official Umbro kit catalogue from 1935 which lists the Sports and Athletics Outfitters’ entire kit range; from football strips to rugby shirts, boxing shorts, jock straps and various running apparel – including a rather suspect looking adult-sized babygro.

The first image is the front cover and the second is the back cover, which was apparently supposed to be filled in yourself and used as a souvenir keepsake for any big match that took your fancy…

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ooh, a slight improvement on the image galleries! now if they just popped up with the rest of the page darkened, that would be great. also a next/previous button so you can click through. we’re getting there.